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After 2016, a year which produced many electoral surprises, 2017 promises also to be an interesting year for political anoraks.  Politics does not exist in a vacuum.  What will be…

At the SNP Conference First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced a four-point plan to boost trade and exports. She has also launched a consultation on radical new approaches to childcare which…

I know that many of you will want to take part in the SNP’s listening exercise  which is seeking to gain a nationwide understanding of people’s views on Europe, Brexit…

The past few weeks have been extremely turbulent with the result of the EU Referendum and leadership wrangles in both the Labour and Conservative parties. In the EU referendum, 62…

This will be my last column before the Holyrood Elections on 5 May.  Recently I have been working hard with Clare Adamson the SNP candidate for Motherwell and Wishaw to…

Last week it was really useful to have a Constituency Week away from Westminster. I have taken full advantage of this by visiting local organisations such as Sacro and Routes…

As soon as the Westminster Parliament returned after the New Year I questioned Amber Rudd, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, about the high cost of energy…

In May I was elected to represent the people of Motherwell and Wishaw and since then I have worked hard to represent you all at Westminster. I have fought against…

This week the Chancellor gave his Autumn statement in the House of Commons.  To Tory cheers he revealed that he still plans to cut billions more than necessary to run…

An England first and Scotland nowhere parliament says MP I was outraged this week when Prime Minister David Cameron refused to meet with me to discuss the announcement by Tata…